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CVE-2005-0021

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2005-05-02 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Exim before 4.43 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) an IPv6 address with more than 8 components, as demonstrated using the -be command line option, which triggers an overflow in the host_aton function, or (2) the -bh command line option or dnsdb PTR lookup, which triggers an overflow in the dns_build_reverse function.

Affected Platforms

University Of Cambridge Exim

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References